macarize
English
Alternative forms
- macarise
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek μακαρίζω (makarízō).
Verb
macarize (third-person singular simple present macarizes, present participle macarizing, simple past and past participle macarized)
- (transitive, formal, dated) To congratulate or laud; to pronounce blessed or happy.
- 2013, Bernd Prien, David P. Schweikard, Robert Brandom: Analytic Pragmatist (page 192)
- Couldn't I now say that “happy” is not used to describe things, but when I call someone happy I'm really doing this other thing, pragmatically I'm macarizing him?
- 2013, Bernd Prien, David P. Schweikard, Robert Brandom: Analytic Pragmatist (page 192)
Related terms
- macarism